The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-06-18

w" "A. WADE, Publisher.
MILAN TENNESSEE
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Compiled from Various Sources.
JAMES g. BLAINE and William O'Brien
sailed for Europe on the 9th. They took
two steamers.
ENGLISH gunboats are being used to aid
In evicting tenants on the islands of the
coast of Ireland.
The Government is to institute a coast
patrol to aid local authorities in quaran-
tine regulation.
The Constitutional prohibitory amend
ment was defeated in the Massachusetts
House on the 9Th by vote of 139 to "a,
not the necessary two-thirds.
NEWS from the seat of war in Afghan
istan indicates that the Ameer's chances
of victory are not much more promising
than those of the revolutionists.
THE New York State Grand Lodge of
Masons has expelled Prudence Lodge on
account Of its admission of Tom Gould
and other notorious people to member
ship.
THE annual meeting of the Actors fund
was held at New York on the 9TH. A letter
from President Cleveland was read ac-
cepting an honorary membership in the
fund.
THE Postmaster-General has issued an
order to the postm aster at Chicago to de-
liver no more registered letters to the
Chicago Farm Journal, and cash no more
money orders for it.
SEVERE shocks of earthquake have oc-
CURED at Vernome, in Turkestan. The
town was almost entirely destroyed. One
hundred and twenty persons were killed
and 125 we're injured,
IT is officially announced at Berlin tn at
Emperor William, in consequence of an
abdominal cramp, has been confined to
his bed for the last few days. He is also
suffering from catarrhal irritation of the
eyelids
EX-SENATOR E. II. ROLLINS has with
drawn from the senatorial canvass in
New Hampshire, and will not be a candl-
date in the caucus. 1t is claimed that a
majority of his supporters will go to
Chandler
THE Secretary of the Treasury has au
thorized the employment of six nurses to
attend the sick in the barrack hospital at
Key West, Fla, and four guards to pro-
tect the property Of persons removed to
the hospital. afsrs SID
THE Car is incensed at the tone adopt
ed by the Russian press in regard to his
foreign policy. The Gar aims at main
tanning peace. His policy emphasizes
the tradition Of amity between Russia
and Germany
TRADE dollars in small amounts con-
tinue to arrive at the treasury. tits not
known what results will attend further
efforts to secure trade dollars in China,
but it is believed that very few perfect
ones are in circulation there.
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A DISPATCH from Nice, France, to the
Warner observatory, on the 18th, an
nounced the discovery Of a comet located
in right.ascension, sixteen hours, eighteer
minutes, forty-siX seconds; declination
south, twenty degrees, thirty-eight min
utes. ..o...4...sz
AARON L. STIM, one of the best-knowu
colored men in Pennsylvania, died a.
Reading on tho 9th, aged seventy-seven
years. He was prominent in slavery day:
as one of the underground railroad
leaders in assisting fugitive slaves to es
cape.
THE President is said to have promised
Adjutant-G General Johnston Jones, o
North Carolina, during his recent visit t
Washington, that all the flags taken from
the Southern States during the late wa
should be returned to those States at al
early day.
SERIOUS rioting is reported to have oc
Cured at Oak Ridge Park, Guttenburg
N. j., on the 18th. An Anarchist picnic
for the benefit of the Chicago Anarchists
at which Herr Moss was present, was be
ing held in the park Several persons
are reported hurt
THE close of the week ended the lit
found the Detroits still leading in tn
League baseball championship series
with Bost ton close up and Chicago sti
holding fifth place. The st. Louis Brown
continue to hold a strong lead in tn
American Ass ociation.
A STRONG auti.Semitic movement
gaining ground in Hungary and the a
tention Of the government is called
its spread. A terrific fight growing on
of this state of feeling occurred at Nj
tura on the 10th, IN which eight person
were killed and thirty wounded.
The Secretary of the Navy issued order
on the 9TH for the vessels of the Mort
Atlantic squadron to proceed to NeV
Haven, Conn, for the purpose OF partic
pating in the ceremonies incident to tn
dedication of the soldiers and sailor:
Of hat nfty IN tho 18TH inst